15 Best Software Stocks to Buy Now According to Coatue Management
In this piece, we will take a look at the 15 best software stocks to buy now according to Coatue Management's 13F portfolio.
Coatue Management operates as a hedge fund and private equity firm, with established offices in New York and Menlo Park. The firm's private equity division specializes in late-stage and growth-stage investments within the telecommunications, media, and technology sectors. Meanwhile, its hedge fund strategy revolves around investing in technology, media, and telecommunication-related equities across global markets.
Philippe Laffont leads Coatue Management. Laffont established Coatue Management in 1999, having previously gained experience as a "Tiger Cub" while working at Julian Robertson's Tiger Management hedge fund. He began his career as an analyst in management consulting at McKinsey & Co. in Madrid, Spain. In 1996, Mr. Laffont transitioned to become a research analyst at Tiger Management LLC, specializing in telecommunications stocks. Subsequently, in 1999, he departed Tiger Management to establish Coatue. With assets under management totaling $40 billion, Coatue Management has made significant investments in companies such as TikTok-parent Bytedance, Snapchat parent Snap, and music streaming service Spotify, alongside numerous other notable ventures. Mr. Laffont earned his B.S. in Economics and M.Sc. in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1991.
Coatue Management serves 117 clients with discretionary assets under management (AUM) totaling $58,576,877,059 (as per their Form ADV from 2024-03-29). Their most recent 13F filing for Q4 2023 disclosed holdings of managed 13F securities valued at $23,844,679,154, with a top 10 holdings concentration of 56.71%. Notably, Coatue Management's largest holding is NVIDIA Corp., with a significant shareholding of 4,322,201 shares.
